But the wierd thing is that I think we all got the impression that he was a character guy. Just goes to show either how little we really know or how some people can change or just can't handle the freedom of college.

I think character in these contexts is used to describe a lot of things. A guy can have character but be indecisive or impulsive. Doesn't make him a bad guy. Does make him a bad guy to put your faith in to build a program though.

"Nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours."

I live in Oklahoma, so I had to sit through a lot of Sooner games. He got to see the field quite a bit, especially for such a young player on a team loaded at LB (Wort, Nelson, and Travis Lewis are all studs). When he did play, he played pretty well too. With Lewis gone he had a shot at starting so definitely surpising to see him leave.

that seemed to dog RR, even after he was gone. Jones committed in July of 2010, and appeared to be one of his better recruits. He loved Michigan so much that he sang The Victors in RR's office when he received word of his scholarship offer. How a kid could throw that all away—regardless of what he actually did—is a real head-scratcher.

I don't know what kind of situation Jones might be looking for. This seems like a strange one to me unless he got into some trouble or wasn't getting along with his teammates/coaches. Oklahoma is a high profile school with a decent history of spitting out defensive players. He probably wouldn't have started this coming fall, but he seemed to be on the way to starting in the next couple seasons. I always thought he would be a solid player, and I still think he'll be good if his head stays on straight.

I think we should consider the possibility that it is something like Cincy is suggesting with concussions. That is, maybe it's a medical issue about which there is dispute in opinion.

Say, for example, AND PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL, I am not a doctor; I am just coming up with a FICTIONAL example here--now where was I, say for example a player had radiation treatment for a tumor in his leg when he was a tyke. He has since had no problems, played successfully on it for years with zero problems, and his former oncologist, his current family doctor, his family, and he ALL believe that it is 100% fine to play on now, it will never be a problem. And in fact, because it is fine to play on (in their opinion) they did not raise it in recruitment.

But the staff ends up finding out about it after an x-ray or something else, and the team orthopedist has a different opinion; he or she is nervous that the leg is vulnerable to permanent damage and the team doesn't want to be on the hook for it. They want him to sit. The player does not. The player has to find another school if he wants to play.

In this kind of scenario, it's not a character issue, it's not a personality issue, it's not behavioral or not being a team player or anything like that. But it could mean the player has to leave more than one school.

With his changing teams twice already, I really don't expect a team with the stature of a Michigan or Oklahoma to take a shot at him. Right or wrong, his decisions have hurt his opportunities in the future. Here is an article from The Tulsa World about his arrival at OU:

He seems to have raised a few eyebrows with his smack talk from the moment he arrived. I don't know what to make of it, but I do find it curious to see a freshman who hasn't even put pads on yet acting that way.